{"id":1935,"date":"2023-12-19T18:04:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T18:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wessmongojolley.com\/home\/?p=1935"},"modified":"2023-12-19T19:57:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T19:57:22","slug":"agent-rex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wessmongojolley.com\/home\/2023\/12\/19\/agent-rex\/","title":{"rendered":"Agent Rex"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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My dog is an anarchist
who slinks home at night
with shame dripping
from his muzzle.<\/p>

His eyes have become hard
and glassy,
his coat tattered from midnight
desperate close range
combat training.<\/p>

My dog is an anarchist
and no longer trusts his food.
He uses the cat
as his taste tester.
She doesn\u2019t see the danger
so for now he lets her live.<\/p>

My dog is an anarchist
who keeps coded lists
wrapped in plastic
and buried in
our houseplants.
My dog stares hatefully out the<\/p>

window, waiting for secret signs,
messages hung in trees
(the tide has turned,<\/em>
be ready,<\/em>
you\u2019ll know when<\/em>
to get out).<\/em><\/p>

My dog is an anarchist
and his collar has grown far
too tight.\u00a0 It chokes him
when we walk.
He stays a pace behind now,
and his eyes never leave my thumping heels.<\/p>

My dog is an anarchist
and I no longer trust his bark.
His plans are nefarious,
and had I the courage
I\u2019d stop his dark wanderings.<\/p>

I would not give in
to his threshold stares,
midnight plottings,
and the cold judgment
in his eyes.<\/p>

My dog is an anarchist
and the cat and I know we live
only because we are still
of some use to him.
And we pray that, when
the revolution comes,<\/p>

my dog will still love us enough
to lead us out of the city to safety.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(First published in The Legendary, 2009)<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div>

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Agent Rex My dog is an anarchistwho slinks home at nightwith shame drippingfrom his muzzle. His eyes have become hardand glassy,his coat tattered from midnightdesperate close rangecombat training. My dog is an anarchistand no longer trusts his food.He uses the catas his taste tester.She doesn\u2019t see the dangerso for now he lets her live. My … <\/p>\n

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